UC Irvine School of Education and SAUSD Leaders Explore Innovative School Models in San Diego

As part of the University-Assisted Community School (UACS) partnership between Monroe Elementary and UC Irvine’s School of Education, a team of 13 administrators from UCI’s School of Education Orange County Educational Advancement Network (OCEAN), Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) and Monroe Elementary recently visited two innovative schools in San Diego. The group toured Design39Campus and The Preuss School UC San Diego to explore best practices in student-centered learning, curriculum design, and university-school collaboration.  

This visit followed a previous tour of two UACS campuses in Los Angeles – The Horace Mann UCLA School and the Robert F. Kennedy UCLA School – both of which serve as national models for university-assisted K-12 education. Read more here.